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13327288 No.13327288 [Reply] [Original]

>dude what the hell is hololive

How do you explain it to people IRL?

>> No.13327346

>>13327288
Someone should update this video.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HIBDGni1-o

>> No.13327395

>>13327288
You don't

>> No.13327406

>>13327288
I don't talk to people irl

>> No.13327461

Id never make a mistake like saying hololive or vtubers

>> No.13327542

>>13327288
>it's like how people liked megamin for a few months, imagine that except now she's a streamer and plays among us with Ram from Re:Zero.
Easy.

>> No.13327544

>>13327288
"It's people who stream using avatars instead of their actual face"
It's not like your onahole fell out of your fannypack
Just settle the fuck down

>> No.13327846

>>13327288
>dw it's just corpo shit

>> No.13327880

>>13327288
Ever hear of hiding your power levels?
Unless you're stupidly close friends with them you act ignorant.

Hide your power level. I know it's an alien concept to Zoomers but it's something just do to not come out as being a cringy weeb

>> No.13328004

>>13327288
Somebody irl asked me if I watch hololive/vtubers, I just told them I didn't know and don't really like watching live streams

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Here's a handy guide.

>> No.13328118

>>13327288
>How do you explain it to people IRL?
You don't bring it up to people IRL.

>> No.13328246

>>13328053
this dog girl said yubi yubi, funniest shit I've ever seen

>> No.13328288
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>>13328053
>what shows do you watch?
>what kind of music do you listen to?
>what did you do last weekend?
>uhhhhh nothing
It never ends.

>> No.13328309

Streamer with idol/k-pop culture

>> No.13328418

>>13327288
to men
>yeah streamers with anime avatars cuz its kawii, they do funny stuff
to women
>yeah streamers that also do singing, they have avatars because its more comfortable to them than dealing with weirdos looking at their faces. Also theres more clips so i dont have to watch 3 hour streams

easy

>> No.13328432

>>13328053
the only winning move is not to play

>> No.13328479

some fat brown chicks playing games but without a webcam, they use a anime gif at the corner that represents her.

>> No.13328501

>>13327288
By not speaking about it in real life except to the few people I know who already like/follow it. Simple stuff.

>> No.13328508

>>13328288
I have no idea how to answer these questions while still hiding my power level. I always end up having to lie and make stuff up and then people end up knowing me for having hobbies or music taste that isn't even true.

>> No.13328624

anime girl playing vidya or singing idk something like that

>> No.13328922

>>13328508
I don't know what else to do besides steer the conversation towards boring things that happened at my house. Food I ate. Washing the car. I can't talk about "normal" video games, tv, or music, because most of what I like was made pre-2000's.

>> No.13329060

>>13327288
>"It's a group a streamers under a single corporate banner that stream using animated avatars."
Easy.

>> No.13329125

>>13328288
>what shows do you watch?
Who watches tv in 2021?
>what kind of music do you listen to?
Rock
>what did you do last weekend?
Studied
ez

>> No.13329156

>>13328508
if you are someone with an stable (and good) income you can talk about whatever hobby you want to indulge
if you are a neet or you are waging then yeah good luck

>> No.13329215

Funny enough after getting shit talked by my female coworker that noone knows about or watches what I watch and they aren't real girls, some random dude probably late 30s came in goes," who's water bottle is that I see some anime girls but don't recognize them from any shows?" and the conversation went
"uh yeah that's mine but they aren't from anime." "Oh what are they from?"
"Oh well they are vtubers"
confused look....
"Uhhh like twitch streamers they are regular girls except they use anime girls as their avatars."
"Oh so they they are characters? that one that says Shrimp on it is cute is she your favorite who's your favorite do you recommend any?"
"Uh.... yeah that's Gura she's one of them one my other is this one (shows Miko), you should search Hololive on YouTube there's is a ton of girls."
"Sweet dude thanks Im gonna check it out now".
Proceeds to actually go sit out on the bench out front and look at his phone. Coworker is complete shock. I won this round but I definitely don't feel proud of it.
I also had to explain to my coworker and our floater what shrimp/simp meant....

>> No.13329244

>>13328508
>>13328922
Then talk about it, jesus you guys are being fake to other people and to yourself, unless your interest is some sort of degenerate guro porn, bestiality porn shit, any hobbies are fine to talk about. Stop being insecure and acting weird about it.

>> No.13329248

>>13327288
They're like OTV except japanese. Easy explanation.

>> No.13329249

>>13329125
>everyone with a netflix/amazon/hulu account
>rock? what does that even mean these days?
>studied which subject?

>> No.13329456

>>13329156
and btw its all on your convo skills, have confidence and try to have fun while talking, the other day during a party i managed to make a fun story about me having trouble getting in the top bed of a bunker bed and me fearing for my life because i could fall down while sleeping. Everyone had fun, and I had fun telling what i could easily answered in a single sentence

>> No.13329937

>>13327880
It's 2021, anime and video games are normie shit now. Everybody shares everything online. Just be yourself bro.

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>>13328288
god...

>> No.13330314

>>13329937
This is hyperbole. You're not going to get away with telling your normie friends about Yuru Yuri or Princess Connect or some shit. They're going to talk to you about SAO and Call of Duty and their eyes will glaze over if you mention anything that isn't extremely mainstream.

>> No.13330371

>>13327288
They're streamers.

>> No.13330416

>>13328508
I just constantly act like an unapproachable autist so I never get asked those questions

>> No.13330489

>>13327288
>I don't know

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>>13330371
if you ENGAGE AT ALL, they will lead into more questions because they want to connect with you.
awful idea.
>oh really? what do they stream?
>what kind? what games?
>can you show me?
idiots.

>> No.13330592

>>13328922
>>13328508
Anon you're watching anime and streamers, not doing undercover work for the FBI, come the fuck on

>> No.13330594

>>13329937
I, to a certain extent, fit the negative stereotype of fans of this sort of thing, so I still feel the need to completely hide my power level. Not even just weeb stuff, as far as people know I don't play video games either. Having only the most normie and widely-accepted interests possible is necessary to offset my autism. Chad can get away with publicly liking this stuff, but not someone who can barely get through a sentence without stuttering.

>> No.13330645

>>13329248
Dude what the fuck is OTV?

>> No.13330680

>>13330645
streamer group

>> No.13330700

>>13329937
Half the normalfags I interact with still associate anything anime-related to being a pedophile

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>>13330700
Ah, yes, pedophillia

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>>13330700
Are they wrong?

>> No.13331122

>>13330034
Why is my NSA agent posting memes about me?

>> No.13331275

>>13329937
fuck you, you clearly must be in some alternate dimension or in the state of weebtopolis, because where I'm at there's no fucking weebs for damn miles, and even if they existed, like hell they'd be confident enough to speak up to say they watch that shit, or better yet, enough to watch shit beyond SAO and MHA. I hate this "anime is normie mainstream" argument, because it's fucking false through my own eyes and experience, as far as I know, I'm the only weeb in my fucking town for fucking miles. You don't know what it's like to hold it in. Be grateful for what you're blessed with anon, not everyone has it as good as (You) do.

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>>13330700
The last time I made the mistake of exposing I liked anime the person asked if I was some kind of a pervert and if I was gay so I shoehorned holocaust denial and transexuals into the conversation to make them feel uncomfortable (you can't say I didn't learn anything from shitposting on this website 16 hours a day) before a saved by the bell incident took place and I managed to get away. Yeah, fuck ever telling anyone IRL what I'm into. These people saying to just be yourself are either doing it to trick you into making an ass of yourself or maybe they just got lucky and didn't grow up in an ultra conservative part of the country where anyone that doesn't watch football or spend 100% of their free time outdoors doing whatever people do there with their endless friend circle is a social outcast.

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>>13327288
>you remember that anime girl who said nigga?
>them

>> No.13331404

>>13327288
It's a japanese company that focuses on streaming. They also have an english and an indonesian branch.

>> No.13331414

>>13328508
Easy, you just bullshit

>So, how was your weekend anon? Did you do something interesting?
>I put together a ritual to summon a demon
>Coworker never ask the question again

>> No.13331517

>>13331414
Same, I just give evasive joke answers like that until people stop asking.

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>>13328288

>> No.13332118

>>13328288
when will this cycle stop

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>>13327288
I never elaborate. I just keep sending them Holo clips until they fall into the rabbit hole or block/ghost me. I'm 50 - 50 so far.

>> No.13333285

>>13328508
Just don't talk to normies outside of family period, and hide your power level around family. It's that easy.
What could they possibly say that would make it worth talking to them?
They aren't even ever saying anything, they just talk to talk, and them asking you questions is just another extension of that.
They don't actually care, and any attempted explanation of your incredibly niche hobbies and tastes will make their eyes glaze over.
If you're a wagie like me, just do your work and go home. You don't have to make small talk with these people.
They learn to stop asking stupid questions within the first week or two.
Or just lie. Or answer in a similarly monosyllabatic fashion.

you're already pretty fucking autistic if you're on here, just embrace it

>> No.13334279

>>13327288
Don't tell people about your weird dumb niche japanese hobby. Are you autistic? retarded? 10? Even if so, do not do it. Nobody actually cares about your interests so just don't talk about it.

>> No.13334707

>>13327544
Literally this. If they want details on Hololive specifically just say they're the most popular group of them, maybe that they're a JP group with an EN branch.

>> No.13336665

>>13327288
talk about donk pockets?

>> No.13337416

>>13327288
People I talk to IRL have no idea I'm into anime/manga/vtubers/etc.

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>>13327288
like the NFL but with anime girls

>> No.13337482

>>13327288
Nobody asked me yet and I doubt that'll happen

>> No.13337603

>>13327395
spbp

>> No.13337935

>>13327288
dont answer unless is a red superchat

>> No.13338338

I won't fucking talk about hololive to ppl irl. Even my friend shilled it to me and I pretend never knew it before.

>> No.13338634

>>13327288
If they ask you about it, just say it's a group of anime streamers.
If they see it accidentally, lets say, by seeing a pic of your oshi while you screenshared it instead of the mathematical proof you were supposed to explain during a lecture because you save all your images into the same folder and you pressed down instead of up, just say it's anime

>> No.13338715

I love reddit's intuitive explanation which simply describe them as digital puppet show

>> No.13338848

>>13327288
hololive is a puppetshow company

>> No.13339092

>>13329937
Ah yes eromanga sensei an anime that all the normies love

>> No.13340138
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Yeah, fuck opening up to people. They just want to know where you stand socially to find out if it's okay to shit on you without repercussion. That's why people only blast rap shit out their cars while driving. Nobody likes it, not even them, they're just signaling, "Look at me, I'm fuckable!". Maybe Elon Musk can blast Ahoy! down the block but that's just eccentric billionaire privilege. Being asocial just means I can enjoy what I like instead of that which accrues social capital.

>> No.13341302

I show hololive off IRL a lot.
What it is speaks for itself, I mention how important the idol aspect is; their musical growth etc.
It's not that weird and compared to what normies watch, it's interesting to talk about at the least.

>> No.13341506

>>13341302
Who are these people you're explaining Hololive to?

>> No.13341645

>>13327288
It's like pewdiepie but anime.

>> No.13341694

>>13341506
My work has a moderate amount of down time, im a labourer, i'm not taking any courses right now but was at college too.

>> No.13343030

>>13327288
You don't

>> No.13343881

It's an agency that manages vtubers, vtubers are youtubers who stream with an avatar using face tracking.

There, done.

My friends and family already know I'm a fucking weeb and some of my friends are weebs too, stop acting like anime and Japanese media aren't mainstream

>> No.13344034

>>13329937
thats only because you only surround yourself with zoomers who're into entry level anime and you call it normie shit.

>> No.13344071

A streamer talent agency that uses anime-style avatars for their performers. They sing, dance and play video games.

There's really no concise way to explain the surrounding ecosystem of clips, memes, fan work, drama, rrats, sponsorships and crossovers.

>> No.13344749

>>13344034
True, there's a big generational divide wit this kind of thing. for zoomers 21 and under it's become a normal and accepted thing, but everyone in the millenial or near-millenial generation still thinks of it the way they always have.

>> No.13344835

>>13344749
Zoomers also pay for anime kek

>> No.13344872

E-thots using anime avatars.

>> No.13344927

>>13327288

> Bro, what the fuck is a HoloLive?
> HoloLive? Oh. They're streamers. They use fancy cameras to look like anime girls.

Done.

>> No.13345120

>>13327288
"I dunno man but I know this cool group of streamers called Tsunderia..."

>> No.13345227

>>13327288
Im already known as the weeb guys so i just be honest with em. Also my line of work required me to know about anime-manga related things

>> No.13345246

>>13345227
> line of work
It's good to stay positive while you're unemployed.

>> No.13345271

>>13345246
Sure anon, whatever you say

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just have them watch any of the YouTubes on the subject

refer them to Gigguk for good fucking measure and peak lulz

>>13327461

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>>13328288
>I played vidya like a fucking loser

>> No.13346474

>>13344071
How do I explain to one of my friends that the PekoMiko rrat is real without looking like some sort of schizo

>> No.13346814

>>13328053
Oh, wow. I’m surprised to see this is making the rounds, I made it months ago and promptly forgot. Very cool.

>> No.13346884

>>13346474
you don't, because you are a schizo

>> No.13347148

>>13327288
"youtube streamers"

>> No.13347390

>>13328053
>Hololive
>Nothing
Fuck you I only watch indies and small corpos.

>> No.13349030

>>13327288
They're grifters who use anime avatars to erect and seduce an audience of weebs with disposable income in hopes that they'll provide the vtuber with a steady stream of donation and membership revenue.

The JP branch also undergoes vocal and dance lessons in order to abetter ttract corporate sponsors, boosting their income even further.

>> No.13349190

>>13346814
Well your chart is wrong and you should feel bad. Maybe people are more judgmental in your middle school or whatever, but adults and even the elderly think the clips are hilarious.

>> No.13349309

>>13330034
there is only one thing i live for:
making memes anonymously and occasionally archive diving to see how deep i have penetrated the meta consciousness of the cyberspace

>> No.13353304

>>13327288
How would that even come up?

>> No.13354038

>>13330416
>act
Anon...

>> No.13354513

Just a bunch of streamers who use avatars instead of face cams. And if they say it’s weird, I mention how Xqc has 80k people watching him all the time or all the twitch thots and call that weird. Man I didn’t think every one in this board was strutting idiots. Also numbers, just tell them Pekora averages 34k viewers and how others get up to 100k viewers for other things to normalize it.

>> No.13354797

>>13327288
What is IRL? educate me anon

>> No.13354843

>>13327288
Virtual entertainers.

>> No.13354987

>>13327288
>Oh Holo? Holo-onto deez nutz LMAOOOOOOOOOO

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>>13328288
if you work with the type of normalfag that watches TV shows I recommend just don't bother
people at work think I'm some kind of popular man because I'm always laughing at my phone(I'm reading 4chan) and when they ask what I'm looking at I switch the tab to (any social media) and just show them my screen, tell them I'm talking to a friend.
Normalfags hate being excluded and it gets in their heads that if you're not laughing with them then they're missing out, they unironically put you on a pedestal like if they're chasing after you.

>> No.13355580

>>13337935
kek

>> No.13355937

>>13355285

Worse words Anon. Never ever show people that you use 4chan at all. Make yourself look as normal as possible so people will be comforted and not weirded out by you.

>> No.13355988

>>13355937
Your reading comprehension reps retardbro.

>> No.13356064

>>13355988

Oops. Sorry about that. I’ll double check next time I post. Thank you for letting me know.

>> No.13356138

>>13329125
>Who watches tv in 2021?
Literally 98% of normalfags, split between actual boomers watching actual tv and everyone else watching streaming services. Your average youngish normalfag nowadays bases most of their personality around whatever they're watching on a streaming service.

>> No.13356252

>>13328288
>what shows do you watch?
I don't watch
>what kind of music do you listen to?
I don't listen
>what did you do last weekend?
I don't do
ez

>> No.13356543

>>13346814
kys

>> No.13356918

>>13328508
Just have an opinion on shit without actually interacting with it. Fuck, we're on 4chan, that should come as second nature to your average poster. I'm able to talk about fucking anything in real life. Arcane, the new riot thing? Sure. K-pop? why not. The latest marvel movie? Yeah. I have never watched a singe episode of Arcane, heard a single BTS song or watched marvel in years, but i still have a vague understanding of those things to form a generic opinion about them. "Arcane sounds really cool, i like that they're expanding the lore." "BTS's music videos are really well made right?". "I heard Eternals wasn't very good right?". In the same vein, if someone asks "what have you been watching" you can just go "I haven't watched much recently but i've been meaning to watch *thing you know they are into*". Then you just ask a couple of generic questions and let the person talk, if they're passionate about it they'll fill 90% of the conversation. You just have to act interested and provide commentary that sounds reasonable, and not too opinionated towards liking or disliking it.

>> No.13357782

>>13356918
settle down patrick bateman

>> No.13357949

>>13357782
Its literally just having a generic conversation with someone you're not very familiar with. If its your friend you should talk about what you like, obviously. Yes, American Psycho mocked exactly this kind of behavior, but there's nothing actually wrong with it if you're not malicious. In fact, people will like talking to you. I've never actually watched American Psycho, despite having discussed it extensively with a psychology major once, lol

>> No.13358152

>>13357949
I can't even talk to my parents

>> No.13360664

>>13327395
This.
My parents still don't even understand regular streamers, Vtubers would legit seem like sorcery to them

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>>13330034
living the dream.

>> No.13360859

>>13330034
One of the reasons why I just said fuck it and got a second job desu

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>>13331360
Best response so far, good one anon

>> No.13367813

>>13327288
a guilty pleasure of mine, don't mind it, I only check it out in my private time, very fun weird stuff

>> No.13368297

>>13327288
like holocaust and holodomor combined

>> No.13372459

>>13327288
Don't explain faggot

>> No.13375175

>>13327288
Destiny explained it best
https://youtu.be/8guUJ-jM9OM

>> No.13377465

>>13327288
Who would I explain it to?

>> No.13377723

>>13327288
I've long since discarded the notion of interacting with people irl, outside of rote business transactions and the absolute bare minimum of social etiquette.

>> No.13382208

>>13346814
I made this thread just to post it

>> No.13387496

>>13327395
spbp

>> No.13390009

>>13327288
I don't really get how some of you fags interact with other humans...
Once I started watching hololive a bit after Gen 4 debuted during the JSL coco times, I wasn't that much into it until I found chammers like aonth after that.
Slowly but steadily she became my oshi and the only one I care about and so I stopped skipping ANY of her streams, it was and still is the top priority in my day to day schedule.
And you know what I did? I gathered my friends and told them right in their faces that I have this cute anime virtual girl that I'm absolutely enamored by and I will never, under any circumstances will I ever put any of my plans to go out with any of you over her stream.
They wondered what the fuck I was on about and I just showed them a clip saying "this is what I watch and this is what she does" they totally understood that, they didn't get why I was so fucking in love with her but they understood that I did.
They will ask me if I'm free at x o'clock and if I am then bless, if I'm not they'll just understand that it's a stream.
Bottom line is, you have to ask yourself WHY do you need to explain what hololive is to these people, will it affect your social relationships? Or are they just curious? After that you'll have to know why you like hololive because that is always a great place to start with when you're explaining something to someone.
And fuck your meds.

>> No.13392867

>>13390009
You sounds like a giga-autist and I'm surprised you have any friends at all

>> No.13394091

>>13346474
Take your meds is what you do

>> No.13398129

>>13394091
no

>> No.13400352

>>13327288
a network of pipes

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